4. 2.
The _______________ is named after the German
mathematician August Ferdinand________, who was a
pioneer in topology in the 1800s.
The _______________ is a two-dimensional surface
that can be formed by taking a long, rectangular strip of
paper, rotating the ends 180° with respect to one
another, and joining the ends together to form a loop,
has only one side. This one-sidedness can be
demonstrated by drawing a line down the middle of the
loop; the line will eventually end up where it began.
FITB!
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6. *3.
It is interesting that X first announced his law of elasticity as an
anagram. This was a method sometimes used by scientists, such as
Huygens, Galileo, and others, to establish priority for a discovery
without revealing details.
He first described this discovery in the anagram "ceiiinosssttuv",
whose solution he published in 1678 as "Ut tensio, sic vis" meaning
"As the extension, so the force." (Extensively used in for manufacturing
of Springs)
He came near to deducing that gravity follows an inverse square
law, and that such a relation governs the motions of the planets, an
idea which was subsequently developed by Newton.
Gimme X!
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8. 4.
X is a contagious respiratory illness that can
cause a fatal form of pneumonia.
The illness first appeared in November 2002 in people
living in Guangdong province in southern China. Its cause
was unknown and available treatments were ineffective.
The fast spread of the disease, its deadly nature, and its
unknown cause prompted the World Health Organization
(WHO), an agency of the United Nations, to issue a global
alert in March 2003 designating X as a worldwide health
threat.
What illness is X?
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10. 5.
To name his predictions, he used the Sanskrit
terms. By giving Sanskrit names to his findings, he
showed his appreciation and debt to the Sanskrit
grammarians, who had created sophisticated
theories of language based on their discovery of the
two-dimensional patterns in basic sounds.
He wished to honor PÄášini, the Sanskrit
grammarian with his nomenclature, noting that there
are striking similarities between his work and the
introductory Ĺiva SĹŤtras in PÄášini's grammar.
Who and what work?
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12. 6.
Nowadays, Geneticists or the scientists who study
the genetic structure of plants and animals, employ
__________to keep track of genes and pieces of
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in database collections and
gene banks.
Introduced in the 1970s, the __________ that generally
specify the manufacturer and the type or make of
product, has become a part of most businesses that need
automated tracking inventories.
What technology is being elaborated above? FITB
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14. 7.
The _________ is economically important as a source
of potash, bromine, gypsum, salt and other chemical
products, which are extracted inexpensively.
The_________ contains no life of any sort except for a
few kinds of microbes; sea fish put into its waters soon
die.
It is likely that the _________might disappear
altogether by 2050 due to high rate of evaporation, so
neighbouring countries agreed to construct a 320-km
pipeline that would link the _________with the Gulf to
slow down the process of evaporation.
FITB!
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16. 8.
For many, ___________________, was distributed
starting in the 90s via CD-ROM and recently on the
Web via MSN.
In March 2009, Microsoft announced it was
discontinuing the ___________disc and online
versions, offering symbolic confirmation that
Wikipedia is the worldâs definitive reference guide.
What is blanked out?
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18. *9.
This is a magnificent historical reconstruction of
the tragic end of the dodos. This occurred because
Dutch sailors brought pigs to the island of Mauritius,
which plundered the dodos' nests and ate their eggs
and ultimately drove the birds to extinction.
The dodos are determined because they are a locked
into an existential struggle for the future of their
species. Sadly, this will ultimately prove futile. As
dodos were flightless birds, so of course they would
have needed to use catapults.
What am I talking about?
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19. The plot of Angry Birds. The birds are in fact dodos,
trying to kill the pigs and retrieve their eggs.
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20. 10.
X is a free source e-learning software platform,
originally developed by Martin Dougiamas to help
educators create online courses with a focus on
interaction and collaborative construction of content,
and is in continual evolution. The first version of X
was released on 20 August 2002.
Whatâs X?
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22. 11.
X is a semi-solid mixture of hydrocarbons,
originally promoted as an ointment for its healing
properties. Xâs folkloric medicinal value as a "cure-
all" has since been limited by better scientific
understanding of itâs uses. The raw material was
discovered in 1859 in Titusville, Pennsylvania where
it was stuck to some of the first oil rigs in the U.S.
The workers disliked it, still it became much popular.
X Please!
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24. 12.
The end of the bullwhip is known as the "cracker" and the
bullwhip tapers down from the handle section to the cracker. The
cracker has much less mass than the handle section. When the
whip is sharply swung, the energy is transferred down the length
of the tapering whip. In accordance with the formula (if the work
for whipping remains constant) for kinetic energy, the velocity of
the whip increases with the decrease in mass.
Some paleobiologists report that, based on computer models
of their biomechanical capabilities, certain long-tailed dinosaurs
such as Apatosaurus and Diplodocus may have possessed the
ability to flick their tails thus generating an intimidating booming
sound. This finding is theoretical and disputed by others in the
field.
These are 2 instances of which certain scientific phenomenon, now
common to aerodynamics?
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26. 13.
__________ is âanotherâ hypothetical particle & has no
serious argument to support its existence.
It has been named the __________ and is distinguished by
the fact that it is supposed to travel faster than light. Also
known as 'ghost particles produced with negative probability'.
In the early days of relativity it was thought that such
particles could be excluded on physical grounds because an
infinite force would be required to accelerate them to such a
speed, but now that we know that particles can be created
and destroyed, there seems no reason why __________
should not come into existence already moving faster than
light. However, it appears that they do not.
FITB!
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28. 14.
__________in mathematics is a number of great importance,
comparable only to p in the wide variety of its applications.
Unlike p, __________ has no simple geometric interpretation.
Like p, it is a transcendental number; that is, it is not the root
of any polynomial equation a0x^n + a1x^n-1 + ... + an = 0 with
integral coefficients.
In geometry, __________is a necessary component of the
formulas for many curves, such as the catenary, the shape
assumed by a cord suspended from its
extremities.
Whose importance is talked about or FITB!
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32. 16.
NeXTSTEP was an object-oriented, multitasking
operating system developed by NeXT Computer to
run on its range of proprietary workstation
computers, such as the NeXTcube. It was later ported
to several other computer architectures. The first
web browser for the WWW was developed on
NeXTSTEP. Even games like DOOM and QUAKE were
developed on this O.S .
Which desktop OS and mobile OS currently still in use
are direct descendants of this Operating System?
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33. The iOS and the OS X
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34. 17.
On May 21, 2010, the 30th anniversary of
__________the "I'm Feeling Lucky" button was
replaced with a button reading the words "Insert
Coin". After pressing the button, the user would
begin a Google-themed game of __________in the
area where the Google logo would normally be.
Pressing the button a second time would begin a
two-player version of the same game that includes
Ms. __________ for player 2.
FITB!
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36. *18.
The worldâs thinnest material, X has inspired
scientists to focus their researches on touch-screens,
ultrafast transistors and photo-detectors that may
revolutionise the world of electronics.
X has the potential to replace silicon in high-
speed computer processors and other devices. This
strong and thin carbon material seems indeed to
perfectly combine mechanical, electrical and thermal
conductivity.
Which material/Whatâs X?
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38. 19
In 1881, X went to Budapest as an engineer for a telephone
company and a year later took up a similar position in Paris. He
went to the United States in 1884 and worked for American
inventor Y for a year, before setting up his own workshop.
For much of his time in the United States, X worked with
American industrialist George Westinghouse, who bought and
successfully developed X's patents, leading to the introduction
of ________________ for power transmission. In 1912 both X
and Y were proposed for the Nobel Prize in Physics, but X
refused to be associated with Y, who he believed had
conducted an unscrupulous campaign for the adoption of _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. Neither inventor received the prize.
Also, X neglected to patent many of his discoveries and made
little profit from them.
Gimme X & Y!
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40. 20.
It is the lowest atomic number element without any
stable isotopes; every form of it is radioactive. Nearly
all _____________is produced synthetically and only
minute amounts are found in nature.
Naturally occurring _____________ occurs as a
spontaneous fission product in uranium ore or by
neutron capture in molybdenum ores.
FITB!
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42. 21.
They began by producing Suzuki motorcycles.
They were the official motorcycle suppliers for the
Summer Olympics at Seoul in 1988. They recently
entered the Indian market. What's unique about
them is that - unlike most other companies - they
entered in the 1000cc sector directly.
Name the company
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44. *22.
________ is composed of three arrows forming
a mobius strip.
The mobius strip is indicative of the âunending-
nessâ of the thing represented by the symbol, and
the colour is representative of its nature.
Which symbol?
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46. 23.
In 1919, British physicist Ernest Rutherford
conducted an important experiment when he
bombarded nitrogen gas with alpha particles and
obtained atoms of an oxygen isotope and protons.
This transmutation of nitrogen into oxygen was the
__________________________________.
It inspired the intensive research of later scientists on
other ____________ transformations and on the
nature and properties of radiation.
What is so special about this reaction?
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48. 24.
Specific secular beliefs about catastrophe were
associated with what became known as the X.
Some people believed that many computer systems
worldwide would crash when the date changed from
1999 to 2000, sparking economic, political, and social
catastrophes. However, few computers generated
error messages or shut down, and the imagined X
was relatively uneventful.
What problem?
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50. 25.
Actually a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the
UCLA, David Saltzberg is also known for his work as
technical director of ___________________________
By checking scripts and meeting with the producers,
writers, actors, set decorators, prop masters, costume
designers etc. to help ensure scientific accuracy.
Also he writes a blog resembling to blank.
FITB!
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51. The Big Bang Theory; David Saltzberg, is the science
consultant for TBBT
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